CHAPTER 4
Raging Man
Henry looked at the man and simply said
"No"
He then turned around and began walking. The man was shocked by the guts of this little scrawny kid, his eyes immediately turned red with rage.
"You little bastard, how dare you disrespect me" The Man began shouting in a voice filled with rage.
Henry turned around to see the wild dog that was barking, he didn't understand why the man would go into such rage over a trivial issue, if he wanted the sword he could just attack him and take it, but the man started behaving like he had just met his arch enemy.
The man looked at Henry with eyes that were now bloodshot to an extreme level, his head was filled with bulging veins. His hands began transforming into a black metal, with curved spikes on them.
"Well I guess that's why he wears sleeveless armor"
The man finished activating his meta ability, then looked up at Henry with eyes of a raging beast. His mouth was slightly opened, as saliva dripped from it.
"Something is wrong with this guy"
When the shop owners saw what was about to get down, they closed their shops and stalls to avoid property damage.
Henry kept his eyes trained on the man. The man jumped towards henry at a high speed, throwing out a punch.
"FAST!"
Henry quickly brought out one bone fiend from his summon storage. The fiend noticed the issue and immediately used his sword to block the incoming fist.
CRACK
The bone fiend was pushed some distance back but managed to block the attack, its bone sword also cracked from the impact.
"He packs a punch"
Henry was shocked to see the bone sword crack, but it was nothing to worry about as the sword had already began covering up.
The man was shocked by the appearance of the bone fiend, but he notices another bone sword in the hands of the bone fiend, and the rage reignited in his eyes.
"GIVE THEM TO MEEEEE" The man roared.
He began running at sprinting speed towards the fiend that stood in front of Henry, when he was near he threw a punch with more power than the last one.
Henry knew he could not win with just one fiend, so he brought out the two in his summon storage. The first bone fiend blocked the incoming punch, and was thrown over two meters back. The two new summons immediately stood to take the place of the bone fiend that was thrown back.
The man saw the two new bone fiends, each holding the precious sword in their hands. That seemed to be the last draw, he went into a complete frenzy, he attacked the three bone fiends with extreme vigor, but the bone fiends were like a disease that refused to leave. They kept blocking his attacks continuously, when one got thrown back, another took his place.
Henry decided it was time to end this. He readied his own bone sword, while he gave the bone fiends a telepathic command to create an opening for him.
Henry approached the man, then he struck with a stab for his heart. The man saw the incoming blade and attempted to block it, but two bone fiends immediately held one hand each, while the last one flipped over to his back and held the man's head. The bone sword dug into his chest going right through the heart. The light in the man's eyes died down, and the madness disappeared.
Henry pulled out the sword from the body, and tared over the body. He thought he would feel something If he killed a human, but no, it just felt like killing a scarlax. His mind was actually blank at the moment.
[You have killed a peak one-star meta warrior. 50 Exp gained, 25 SP gained]
[First human killed. 100 Exp gained]
[Level Up]
[Hidden Mission Completed]
A series of messages poured in, but before Henry could even think of going through them.
"FREEZE"
Henry turned around when he heard the voice. There were four men dressed in black fitting armor that had the union symbol on the left shoulder. They pointed their weapons at Henry as they approached. Henry put his fiends in his summon storage, then got on his knees.
The Officers cuffed henry with a meta repressing cuffs. They took him to a vehicle that was parked not too far from there. They drive took only five minutes, they brought Henry out in a compound that was filled with officers wearing the same type of armors as the ones that arrested Henry. Henry was escorted into the building in the compound.
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Inside a white room, there was a single silver looking table, two silver chairs as well. Henry was seated on one of the chairs, cuffed to the table. He was put here to wait for an investigator.
The Automated metal door slid open, and a man wearing a black suit walked in. he was almost six feet tall, pale skin and jet-black hair. He walked to the free seat, sat down and took out a cigrate box. He took out a stick from the pack and put it in his mouth, then he took out a lighter from his inner pockets and lit the cigrate.
The Man took a large draw, then released the cloud of smoke. He finally looked at Henry who had been observing him since he came in.
"You don't really have anything to worry about, I went through everything and there is no reason to hold you. First, you have a summoning meta ability, which is rare. Second, it was self-defense. Third and final, the man was drugged." The man looked at Henry and saw that there was still confusion in his eyes, so he decided to explain further.
"Summoning metas are rare. It would be a waste for you to get arrested, when the scouting competition for the union military academy is in a months time. You could become a great asset to humanity. Second, The Man had attacked you first, you were only defending yourself, though you over did it. Last is that the Man was on an illegal drug that has somehow managed to enter circulation, the drug is said to be able to boost meta abilities, but the side effects outweigh the gains 10 to 1."
The investigator seemed like he wanted to stop talking now, but Henry was now intrigued, and wanted to hear more concerning the drug.
"What are the side effects?"
The investigator looked at Henry, took a drag from his smoke.
"The side effects are Loss of sanity, violence, Extreme rage. Basically, you slowly turn yourself to a beast that seeks only destruction. The drug is highly addictive, so those who take it keep looking for more, and from what I know the drug is not cheap at all, the spend life savings on It only to become madmen. We have tried to find how it is coming into the town, but it is not that easy seeing this is a trade town. Well that is enough about that, you are free to go"
"Do you mind If I stay here" Henry asked a question that surprised the Investigator.
"Why would you want that?" The investigator asked with a raised brow.
"Well I am broke and have nowhere to go, I assume you guys are going to feed me as an inmate as well as provide a bed to sleep"
When the investigator heard his explanation, he wanted to smash his head on a wall. He stood up an removed his wallet, he counted 200 credits and dropped on the table, he uncuffed Henry as well.
"Get some food and a place to stay"
The investigator walked towards the door before looking back.
"My name is Maxwell" After saying his name, he walked out.
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Henry left the Compound, the first thing on his mind was to get rid of this bloody clothes he was wearing, and get some food. He headed back to where he had fought, the body of the ma had been moved, as well as the blood.
Henry went into a clothes store and got some new clothes, but he did not change as he wanted to shower first, he had not bathed for days now, he felt dirty. Next he looked for an inn to stay in and some food to it.
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"Welcome to Phantom inn young sir, how may we help you" a middle age man spoke with a smile on his face.
"I'd like a small room for a month"
"We do have small rooms that you will like, they only price at 150 credits per month"
That was almost all the money Henry had left After buying clothes, but he agreed anyway as the room came with a simple breakfast daily.
"I guess I have to find a way to make money"